Connecticut
Connecticut
"The Constitution State"
Karl Naarits
Silver Käsper
Siim- Joosep Saulep
Pärnu Koidula Gymnasium
October 2011
Statehood: January 9, 1788
Capitol: Hartford (Capital
City since 1875)
Governor: Dannel P. Malloy
Area: 5,018 square miles
Famous residents: George W.
Bush, Mark Twain, Igor
Sikorsky, 50 Cent and Seth
McFarlane
Historical firsts
1836 - first revolver
1842 - first public art museum
1844 - first use of anesthesia
1895 - first hamburger, served at Louie's Lunch in
New Haven
1908 - first lollipop
1933 - first vacuum cleaner
1948 - first colour television
1954 - first nuclear submarine, launched in New
London
Demographics
Population: 3,574,097 (2010 U.S. Census)
19,3% of Connecticut residents are Italian, 17,9%
Irish and 10,4% German descent
The state has 77,6% White; 10,1% Black or African
American and 3,8% Asian residents
Geogra...